Still Clare

Intro

mhm, mmm

soft guitar (ah)

Verse

There was a coat pulled over your shoulder on the stair

A cigarette between your fingers, the room smelled like late summer air

You laughed at a joke I didn't get, you tilted your head and stayed

Left a spoon in the sink and a note that said "don't wait"

Pre-chorus

I keep your sweater on the back of a chair (yeah)

I keep your laugh in the dark like a lamp on the stair (oh)

I keep small things, tiny wars we never claimed

I keep the unfinished lines where your name still remains (mmm)

Chorus

Still Clare, still Clare, still Clare (still Clare)

Still Clare, still Clare, still Clare (oh-oh)

You're in the steam on the window, in the song on my tongue

You're still Clare, still Clare, still Clare

Verse

I walk the shoreline of our Saturday, the boardwalk in the rain

Bought a paper, read your favorite column, smiled at a page that said your name

There’s a corner booth that saved two cups, the waitress knows my face

She says "He comes here sometimes, he sits where you used to place"

Pre-chorus

I keep the map of how you left the lights (uh-huh)

I keep the itch of every almost-right (ah)

I keep the postcard stamps with the edge all frayed

I keep the way your fingers drew my name (mmm)

Chorus

Still Clare, still Clare, still Clare (still Clare)

Still Clare, still Clare, still Clare (oh-oh)

In the quiet of the closet, in the melody of rain

You're still Clare, still Clare, still Clare

Bridge

If I could fold time like paper, I would fold you back to me (fold you back)

If I could steal the distance, put it in a pocket by my knee (put it down)

But minutes grow like trees and I am standing in the shade

Listening for footsteps that are only how my memory plays

Pre-chorus

I keep a match to light the nights you used to climb (yeah)

I keep a radio that plays that sorrow-soft rewind (mmm)

I keep the porch light on, though it solves no weather (oh)

I keep the small, thin hope that we could tie those frayed lines together

Chorus

Still Clare, still Clare, still Clare (still Clare)

Still Clare, still Clare, still Clare (oh-oh)

You're in the wrinkle of my jacket, in the silence of this room

You're still Clare, still Clare, still Clare

Chorus

Still Clare, still Clare, still Clare (ah-ah)

Still Clare, still Clare, still Clare (yeah)

You're in the coffee cup I wash and set aside each noon

You're still Clare, still Clare, still Clare

Outro

mhm, mmm (oh)

still Clare... still Clare...